Patents by Inventor Mark A. Andrews

Mark A. Andrews has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12188512
    Abstract: A security fastener assembly is provided with a cap having a standard tool bearing surface and an attachment portion formed opposite the tool bearing surface. A fastener body has a mating attachment portion formed at a first end along which the cap is secured and a keyed security feature formed adjacent the mating attachment portion. A second end of the fastener body has a threaded fastener portion for securing the fastener assembly to a vehicle. The threaded portion of the fastener body is installed with rotation in a first direction. Engaging the tool bearing surface of the cap and rotating in a second direction opposite the first direction does not rotate the threaded portion of the fastener body. The fastener body is removable with the keyed security feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: MacLean-Fogg Company
    Inventors: Bradley Warren Southwood, Mark Andrew Raves, Luke Michael Roberts, Eric McFarlane, Joseph Verla
  • Patent number: 12188587
    Abstract: A device and method of positioning a component on a cable. The method includes: moving a collet into position on the component; engaging the component with the collet; moving the collet with the component positioned thereon into alignment with an end of the cable; securing the collet to the end of the cable; moving the component from the collet to the cable; and removing the collet from the end of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: David Alan College, Mark Andrew Ondo
  • Patent number: 12192713
    Abstract: Multiple aspects of systems and methods for voice control and related features and functionality for various embodiments of media playback devices, networked microphone devices, microphone-equipped media playback devices, and speaker-equipped networked microphone devices are disclosed and described herein, including but not limited to designating and managing default networked devices, audio response playback, room-corrected voice detection, content mixing, music service selection, metadata exchange between networked playback systems and networked microphone systems, handling loss of pairing between networked devices, actions based on user identification, and other voice control of networked devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Lang, Mark Plagge, Simon Jarvis, Romi Kadri, Yean-Nian Willy Chen, Paul Andrew Bates, Luis Vega-Zayas, Christopher Butts, Nicholas A. J. Millington, Keith Corbin
  • Patent number: 12190026
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing the processing and execution of models that may have been developed on a variety of platforms. A multi-model execution module specifying a sequence of models to be executed may be determined. A multi-platform model processing and execution management engine may execute the multi-model execution module internally, or outsource the execution to a distributed model execution orchestration engine. A model data monitoring and analysis engine may monitor the internal and/or distributed execution of the multi-model execution module, and may further transmit notifications to various computing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Nendorf, Nilesh Malpekar, Mark V. Slusar, Joseph Alan Kleinhenz, Robert Andrew Kreek, Patrick O'Reilly
  • Publication number: 20250001916
    Abstract: A child restraint system is provided. The child restraint system may be used to secure a child within a vehicle. The child restraint system includes a headrest including a rear portion and one or more sidewalls. Each of the one or more sidewalls includes a first region and a second region. The first region is provided between the second region and the rear portion of the headrest. The first region includes material that protrudes from the sidewall at a greater distance than the material that is included in the second region. Additionally, a slope in the material is provided downwards from the first region into the second region. In this manner, the head of the child travels across the first region and downwards into the second region during a side crash event, which results in energy dissipation occurring over a greater distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Jake Mitchell, Douglas Jin Kim, Adam Andrew McKenzie, Mark T. La Plante
  • Publication number: 20250007034
    Abstract: The present invention relates a system (30) comprising a plurality of battery modules (10) and a cold plate (30) for cooling the battery modules. Each battery module comprises a plurality of stacked battery cells (11) and two side plates (12), each side plate having a protruding lower edge (14) supporting a bottom surface (15). The cold plate comprises a base plate (31) provided with cooling channels, wherein the base plate (31) is thermally connected to the bottom surface (15) of the battery cells (11) in each battery module (10); an inlet port (24) for feeding cooling media via the cooling channels to an outlet port (26), and at least one cut-out (32) configured to house one of the protruding lower edges (14) of the side plates (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Kilian MENZL, Kenya SHATANI, Mark Andrew ELLIS, Michele TRANQUILLIN
  • Publication number: 20250000534
    Abstract: A method of replacing a consumable of a surgical tool includes securing the surgical tool, which includes a drive housing, an elongate shaft, an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft and including opposing first and second jaws, a wrist interposing the shaft and the end effector, and a plurality of drive cables extending proximally from the end effector and through the wrist. The method further includes moving the shaft proximally away from the end effector and deeper into the drive housing, detaching the drive cables from the jaws, removing the end effector and the wrist from proximal portions of the surgical tool, replacing the consumable of the surgical tool, reconnecting the end effector and the wrist to the proximal portions of the surgical tool, reconnecting the drive cables to the jaws, and moving the elongate shaft distally toward the wrist and the end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: John A. HIBNER, Mark A. DAVISON, Konstantin ZABOTKIN, Thomas B. REMM, Veaceslav ARABAGI, Lesley WANG, Grace Elizabeth OLSEN, Robert Andrew DESANTI
  • Publication number: 20250007735
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for implementing a cluster-wide root secret (“CWRS”) key for distributed node clusters. In a multi-node cluster, a leader node has a leader node security system that generates the CWRS key, which is a common secret key for all workloads (e.g., containers or VMs) in the multi-node cluster. The leader node security system encrypts the generated CWRS key using a public key and/or a bootstrap key received from a non-leader node that requests the CWRS key. In examples, the leader node security system signs the encrypted CWRS key using its private key for subsequent verification, by the requesting non-leader node, that the CWRS key was generated by the leader node security system. The CWRS thus encrypted can be securely sent to the requesting non-leader node for subsequent encryption or decryption of secret data by the security system of the non-leader node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Prashant DEWAN, Andreea Mihaela PINTILIE, Mark Andrew CAWSTON, Kaloyan Aleksandro ALEKSIEV
  • Publication number: 20250000728
    Abstract: The embodiments described and claimed herein are a restraint system for securing a wheeled mobility device in a vehicle. In one embodiment, at least one restraint includes a hand-releasable connection to the vehicle. In other embodiments, the hand releasable connection is formed by a set of mounting details, where the mounting details include a headed stud received in a slot. In yet other embodiments, the hand releasable connection can be formed by a spring loaded locking pin that engages with a bore. In even further embodiments, the headed stud and spring loaded locking pin are coupled to the restraint, while the slot and bore are coupled to the floor of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick Girardin, Paul Slevinsky, Mark Easton, Gareth Holloway, Robert Andrew Cumming
  • Publication number: 20250001736
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a glazing for electric heating, comprising a first glass sheet, a first masking layer around the periphery of the first glass sheet, an aperture in the first masking layer for a sensor, a second glass sheet bonded to the first glass sheet by a ply of interlayer material, a carrier film positioned between the ply of interlayer material and the first glass sheet, an electric heating element on the carrier film, and a second masking layer on the carrier film. The second masking layer positioned on a carrier film causes less stress in the glass sheets during moulding and thus less optical distortion. The invention also concerns a method of manufacturing the glazing and use of the glazing for example as a window for a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Pilkington Group Limited
    Inventors: Alastair FRENCH, Mark Andrew CHAMBERLAIN, Jonathan Peter VOSS
  • Patent number: 12178813
    Abstract: The disclosures herein relate to novel compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein, and their use in treating, preventing, ameliorating, controlling or reducing cerebrovascular or vascular disorders associated with CGRP receptor function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Nxera Pharma UK Limited
    Inventors: John Andrew Christopher, Miles Stuart Congreve, Sarah Joanne Bucknell, Francesca Deflorian, Mark Pickworth, Jonathan Stephen Mason
  • Publication number: 20240423319
    Abstract: A dual-layered midsole for footwear includes an internal midsole layer and an external midsole layer, which are coupled to and separated by a Strobel board. The internal midsole layer may compress and expand with the movement of a wearer of an article of footwear including the dual-layered midsole, while the external midsole may provide stability and cushion for the wearer. Materials selected for the internal and external midsole layers may provide tuned viscoelastic properties to different areas of the midsole as a function of midsole layer thickness at each sole area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Arthur OLESON, Michael Andrew NOTRICA, Christopher Ka-Yin LAM, Michael STESZYN, Peter Andrew HUDSON
  • Publication number: 20240426538
    Abstract: A method for cooling a product with a refrigeration system is provided. The method includes providing a product within a storage chamber defined by an opening wall surface, a floor surface, a rear wall surface and a ceiling wall surface. The ceiling wall is cooled with cooled air in contact with an opposing surface of an internal baffle. The ceiling wall surface is maintained at a temperature to provide convective heat absorption from the ceiling wall surface in the storage chamber. An enveloping airflow of the cooled air is induced downward along the opening wall surface by discharging the cooled air from the discharge chamber into a discharge area within the storage chamber adjacent the opening wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Samreen Reyaz ANSARI, Kevin Herrera BLACKWOOD, Teddy Glen BOSTIC, JR., Ryan Daniel FUERTE, William Anthony HARNEY, JR., Mitchell Brennan JACKSON, Mark Andrew JAMES, Jonathan Matthew KOLASKI, Jeffrey Alan MADILL, Gloria Corrine HAMMERLE, Reid Alexander GILLAM, John Joseph STILLING, IV, John Lee WARDER
  • Publication number: 20240426764
    Abstract: An inspection unit for cans (11), in particular for metal cans used in metered dose inhalers or for the manufacture of batteries, comprising a visual inspection unit (9) comprising camera units (20), a conveying unit (8), wherein images of the individual cans are captureable by different camera units from different viewing angles, wherein the camera units each capture a plurality of cans simultaneously in an image comprising a plurality of image portions (24) including images of an outer surface portion of each of said plurality of cans from a different viewing angle, the image portions including images of outer side surface portions (22) and the outer bottom surface portion (19) of each can, the sum of the images of the outer side surface portions covering the entire outer side surface of the can; and a processing unit to process the captured images portions and to determine an inspection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Andrews, Dave Donegan, Keith Scott
  • Publication number: 20240428143
    Abstract: Methods and Systems implement patient management. In some cases, a patient management system may include one or more respiratory pressure therapy devices to deliver respiratory pressure therapy to patients, and generate therapy data relating to a therapy session for a patient. The patient management system may include a data server communicating with the therapy device(s). The data server may compute, from therapy data, therapy summary data for the session, the summary data may include one or more statistics summarising therapy data. The patient management system may include a therapy management server communicating with the data server. The therapy management server may apply one or more rules to the summary data, update or generate one or more workflow groups of patients, each workflow group corresponding to a rule, depending on results of the respective rule applications; and/or serve a graphical layout representing one or more workflow groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: ResMed Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Andrew LEVINGS, Ryan Eric BELBIN, Mark David BUCKLEY, Michael Waclaw COLEFAX, Jason CONNELL, Cheryl KAZIMER, Colin Bradley KENNEDY, Susan Robyn LYNCH, Rehana NATHWANI, Timothy SEMEN, Rajwant SODHI
  • Patent number: 12174680
    Abstract: An example non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions to monitor a time-averaged power consumption of a computing device that includes a plurality of power-consuming components including a processor, and compare the time-averaged power consumption to a first threshold to detect if the time-averaged power consumption exceeds the first threshold. In response to detecting that the time-averaged power consumption of the computing device exceeds the first threshold, the instructions are to decrease an operational power of the processor from a normal operating power, and start monitoring an instantaneous power consumption of the computing device to determine whether to make a further decrease or an increase to the operational power of the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Cleveland Brooks, Chun Lok Ng, Mark Andrew Piwonka, Michael Richard Durham
  • Patent number: 12174198
    Abstract: Methods of assessing, such as characterizing or determining, condensate-associated characteristics of a compound, such as a test compound, and applications thereof are provided. For example, methods of determining a partition characteristic of a test compound in a target condensate, methods of determining a relative partition characteristic of a test compound in a target condensate, and methods of determining a condensate preference profile of a test compound are provided. Additionally, methods of designing and/or identifying and/or making a compound, or portion thereof, with a desired relative condensate partition characteristic are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dewpoint Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Aaron Beutel, Peter Jeffrey Dandliker, Stephen Paul Hale, Mark Andrew Murcko, Edgar Erik Boczek, Matthäus Mittasch, Diana Maria Mitrea
  • Patent number: 12176085
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for providing a platform for complex image data analysis using artificial intelligence and/or machine learning algorithms. One or more subsystems allow for the capturing of user input such as eye gaze and dictation for automated generation of findings. Additional features include quality metric tracking and feedback, and worklist management system and communications queueing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Sirona Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: David Seungwon Paik, Vernon Marshall, Mark D. Longo, Cameron Andrews, Kojo Worai Osei, Berk Norman, Ankit Goyal
  • Patent number: 12171763
    Abstract: Provided herein are combination therapies (compositions) and methods and uses thereof for the treatment lung cancer, where the combination therapies comprise Compound 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as described herein and a PD-L1 binding antagonist (e.g., atezolizumab).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Marie Evangelista, Mark Andrew Merchant, Jennifer Lee Schutzman, Ting-Kun Mark Lin, Stephanie Royer Joo, Sandhya Vinayak Mandlekar
  • Publication number: 20240416056
    Abstract: Interfaces for positive pressure therapy having various vent designs are disclosed herein. The interfaces include a bias flow vent with design geometries that help reduce and/or minimize draft and noise levels of the fluids exiting the vents. Some of the vent designs include particular vent hole geometries, plenum spaces, diffusers and fibrous media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Brett John HUDDART, Ronald GANE, Callum Ross GORDON, Mark Andrew THOMPSON, Thomas Mark RICHARDSON